Sandale Community Development Trust

Analysis

Sandale Community Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sandale Community Development Trust reported income of £184k and spending of £175k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £239k to £184k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Sandale Community Development Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include People's Voice Media (£184k), Shine@nechellspod (£186k) and Seer Green Pre-School (£184k).